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J. GONMEE.

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING SCALES. No. 407.170. Patented July 16-, 1889.-

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No. 407,170. Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CONMEE, OF PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING -SCALES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,170, dated July 16, 1889.

Application filed November 1, 1888. Serial No. 289.730. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

le it known that I, J AMEs OONMEE, esquire, of the town of Port Arthur, in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, Oanada, have invented a certain new and Improved Automatic eighing-Scale, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a ,simply-constructed and accurate weighing scale whereby the weight of an article may be ascertained and automatically registered by simply placing it on the table or platform of the scale; and it consists, essentially, of a series of levers arranged in connection with an adjustable Weight calculated when at zero to balance the weighing table or platform and mechanism connected therewith, a pivoted pointer being connected to the levers and to the al j ustable weight, whereby the moven". ent of the levers shall operate the pointer so as to adjust the said weight to a point on the weigh-beam which will produce an equilibrium between the article being Weighed and the adjustable balance-weight, the Whole being constructed substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table or platform weighing-scale constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a steelyard-scale constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the drawings, like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure; but for the purpose of this specification I shall describe each figure by itself.

In Fig. 1, Ais the table or platform on which the article to be weighed is placed, and B is the weigh-beam on which the adj nstable balance-weight C is placed.

The object of my invention is to arrange a system of levers by which the balance-weight C will be accurately adjusted on the weighbeam B to counterbalance any weight placed on the table A.

For the purpose of this description I will assume that the table A weighs fifty pounds and that the balance-weight C, weighing a pound and seven-eighths,when placed one foot from the fulcrum of the weigh-beam B will exactly balance the table A and the levers connected therewith. In order to accomplish this it will be necessary to make the short arm of the lever D two feet and its long arm four feet, and the short arm of the lever E one foot from its fulcrum to the point of its con nection with the link F and four feet from its fulcrum to the point where it connects with the link G, which connects the long arm of the lever E with the short arm of the lever H, and this short arm measures one foot to its fulcrum,while the long arm of the lever II measures four feet to the point Where it connects with the link I. This latter link con- 'nects the lever II with one end of the balanced lever J. The other end of this balanced lever is connected by the link K to the short arm of the lever L, measuring onethird of a foot. The long arm of the said lever, measuring one foot, is connected to the end of the weigh-beam B by the link M. This measurement will be found approxi mately correct without considering the element of friction.

N is a pointer pivoted at a and having a crank-arm 0 formed on it, which crank-arm is connected by the link P to the lever II. As a consequence of this connection the upward movement of the long arm of the lever H must cause the pointer N to rock on its pivot, and as the said pointer is held in contact with the weight G the movement of the said pointer adjusts the weight 0 to such point on the weigh-beam B as will cause the said weight C to counterbalance the weight placed upon the table A. It will be noticed that the pointer N extends to a marked scale Q, graded to indicate the weight on the table A, represented by the adjustment of the balance-weight C.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 the balanced lever J is dispensed with and the weigh-beam B is connected to the lever L two feet from the pivot of the. said lever L, and one foot from the outside of this connection the lever L is connected directly to the lever II and the pointer N is connected to the lever L instead of to the lever H, as shown in Fig. 1. The other parts are practically the same, except that the balance-weight C would have to weigh about 2.30 pounds.

I/Vhat I claim as my invention is- A11 automatic weighing-scale consisting of a series of levers arranged in connection with an adjustable weight calculated when at zero to balance the weighing table orplatlorin and the adjustable balance-weight, substantially mechanism connected therewith, a pivoted as and for the purpose specified. pointer being connected to the levers and to Toronto, Oetolmr 16, 1888. the adjustable weight, whereby the movei l 5 ment of the levers shall operate the pointer s0 JAMES MILE" as to adjust the said Weight to a point on the In presence of weigh-beam which will produce an equilib- CHARLES C. .ltiALDWIN, rium between the article being weighed and CHARLES H. RILHES. 

